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| 28 Definitions and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures to GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, stock compensation, insurance recoveries and deductible charges, depreciation and amortization, gain or loss on disposal of assets, and other income or expenses, and inclusive of gain or loss from unconsolidated affiliates, is not a measure of performance or liquidity calculated in accordance with GAAP Adjusted EBITDA information is presented as a supplemental disclosure, as management believes that it is a widely used measure of performance in the gaming industry. In addition, management uses adjusted EBITDA as the primary measure of the operating performance of its segments, including the evaluation of operating personnel. Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an alternative to operating income, as an indicator of the Company's operating performance, as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities, as a measure of liquidity, or as any other measure of performance determined in accordance with GAAP. The Company has significant uses of cash flows, including capital expenditures, interest payments, taxes and debt principal repayments, which are not reflected in adjusted EBITDA. It should also be noted that other gaming companies that report adjusted EBITDA information may calculate adjusted EBITDA in a different manner than the Company. Adjusted EBITDA is presented as a supplemental disclosure, as management believes that it is a principal basis for the valuation of gaming companies, as this measure is considered by many to be a better indicator of the Company’s operating results than diluted net income (loss) per GAAP. A reconciliation of the Company’s adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) per GAAP, as well as the Company’s adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) from operations per GAAP, is included in the financial schedules accompanying today’s news announcement and is available on the Company’s website and as an exhibit to the Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 15, 2012. Adjusted EBITDAR is adjusted EBITDA less rent expense Funds From Operations (“FFO”) is equal to net income, excluding gains or losses from sales of property, adding back depreciation and stock compensation expense FFO is defined by NAREIT (the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the trade organization for REITs) as “the most commonly accepted and reported measure of REIT operating performance.” Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”) is defined as FFO less maintenance capex. A reconciliation of FFO and AFFO to net income (loss) per GAAP is included in the financial schedules accompanying today’s news announcement and is available on the Company’s website and as an exhibit to the Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 15, 2012. Notwithstanding the foregoing, PropCo’s measures of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDAR, FFO and AFFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies |